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Then just make the cost of training free only for those that stay in the country.

stale2002 5y ago
What, are countries going to put ankle bracelets on every highly trained individual? Country wide prevention of people fleeing a country for better prospects rarely works. These types of authoritarian lockdowns just don't work in the long term. What, do you ban people from going on vacation in other countries? Do you ban traveling entirely? You can't stop people from leaving, if they can do those things.
- anonymousDan 5y ago
  That's a bit of a straw man argument. No need for anything so extreme. People are legally required to pay back the funding. If they don't then they will be arrested on return to the country. There are many similar schemes in place to enforce military service for example. As another example the US requires citizens living abroad to pay taxes. Of course some may choose to ignore it but given family ties etc I would wager in many cases the proportion would be small.
  - stale2002 5y ago
    > If they don't then they will be arrested on return to the country. A nationwide scheme to arrest people who leave the country, merely because they have in demand skills is absurd. You are not going to be able to arrest people, who have in demand skills or prevent them from fleeing the country. Like, what does that even mean? For how long do people have to be slaves to the nation? People move countries all the time, and the idea that one is now going to be arrested for something that is perfectly normal and common is absurd. What, is it just now illegal for people in a nation to ever spend time working outside of the country? Do you understand how ridiculous that is, to prevent people from leaving or working outside the country, forever? > As another example the US requires citizens living abroad to pay taxes. The most powerful country in the world can get away with this, yes. But a smaller nation isn't going to be able to have enforced prevention of high skilled labors leaving the country.
    - anonymousDan 5y ago
      I don't know if you're being deliberately obtuse but that is some ridiculous hyperbole. If it makes it easier for you imagine that all university education is state subsidised via loans that are not repayable so long as you are working in the country but must be repayed otherwise in proportion to the amount of time you spend working in another country. Alternatively you could be required to work for a minimum number of years in your native country in order to pay back the loan. I know of many schemes for educational loans that do just that.

stale2002 5y ago

What, are countries going to put ankle bracelets on every highly trained individual? Country wide prevention of people fleeing a country for better prospects rarely works. These types of authoritarian lockdowns just don't work in the long term. What, do you ban people from going on vacation in other countries? Do you ban traveling entirely? You can't stop people from leaving, if they can do those things.

anonymousDan 5y ago
That's a bit of a straw man argument. No need for anything so extreme. People are legally required to pay back the funding. If they don't then they will be arrested on return to the country. There are many similar schemes in place to enforce military service for example. As another example the US requires citizens living abroad to pay taxes. Of course some may choose to ignore it but given family ties etc I would wager in many cases the proportion would be small.
- stale2002 5y ago
  > If they don't then they will be arrested on return to the country. A nationwide scheme to arrest people who leave the country, merely because they have in demand skills is absurd. You are not going to be able to arrest people, who have in demand skills or prevent them from fleeing the country. Like, what does that even mean? For how long do people have to be slaves to the nation? People move countries all the time, and the idea that one is now going to be arrested for something that is perfectly normal and common is absurd. What, is it just now illegal for people in a nation to ever spend time working outside of the country? Do you understand how ridiculous that is, to prevent people from leaving or working outside the country, forever? > As another example the US requires citizens living abroad to pay taxes. The most powerful country in the world can get away with this, yes. But a smaller nation isn't going to be able to have enforced prevention of high skilled labors leaving the country.
  - anonymousDan 5y ago
    I don't know if you're being deliberately obtuse but that is some ridiculous hyperbole. If it makes it easier for you imagine that all university education is state subsidised via loans that are not repayable so long as you are working in the country but must be repayed otherwise in proportion to the amount of time you spend working in another country. Alternatively you could be required to work for a minimum number of years in your native country in order to pay back the loan. I know of many schemes for educational loans that do just that.